Kendrick Lamar has added to his collection of Grammy Awards, taking home trophies in three of the eight categories for which he was nominated at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards.
Two of the rapper’s wins were announced during the Grammys Premiere Ceremony, just ahead of the televised broadcast of the main show, which started at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday (February 5).
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“The Heart Part 5” took home the award for Best Rap Song, beating out tracks by DJ Khaled, Jack Harlow, Future and Gunna. The song also earned Kendrick the Best Rap Performance award, marking his sixth win in the category.
Taking the stage to accept the Best Rap Album trophy, presented by Cardi B during the televised portion of the Grammys, Kendrick Lamar thanked “the culture” for allowing him to “evolve” and create his fifth studio album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers.
“First and foremost, I wanna thank my family for giving me the courage and the vulnerability to share these stories and to share my truth with this album,” he started his acceptance speech. “That’s first and foremost. I wanna thank my fans for trusting me with these words.
“You know as artists, we all entertainers, stupid. And we say things to provoke thoughts and feelings and emotions. So making this record was one of my toughest records to make; and it allowed me to do that and it allowed me to share other people’s experiences.”
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The Compton native continued: “So going back and thinking back where I started with rap and how far it’s came, I would like to thank the culture for allowing me to evolve in order to make a song like ‘Mother I Sober.’ That’s special to me.
“All we ever wanted was to be the biggest underground artist of all time. And I finally found imperfection with this album so I appreciate y’all. I love y’all.”
Kendrick Lamar — who has now won a total of 16 Grammy Awards — came into the competition with one more nomination than Adele’s seven and one less than Beyoncé’s nine nominations. Future, Lizzo and Mary J. Blige each had six.
Breakout stars GloRilla and Latto both earn their first-ever Grammy nominations, while veterans JAY-Z, Lil Wayne and Rick Ross are also in the mix.
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Fans may have noticed several big names missing from this year’s nominees. Prior to the nominations being announced, Drake, The Weeknd and Silk Sonic (Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars) all declined to submit their respective solo material for Grammys consideration.
Check out the winners list below.
Best Rap Album
• DJ Khaled — God Did
• Future — I Never Liked You
• Jack Harlow — Come Home the Kids Miss You
• Kendrick Lamar — Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers — WINNER*
• Pusha T — It’s Almost Dry
Best Rap Song
• Jack Harlow f. Drake — “Churchill Downs”
• DJ Khaled f. JAY-Z, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, John Legend & Fridayy — “God Did”
• Kendrick Lamar — “The Heart Part 5” — WINNER*
• Gunna & Future f. Young Thug — “Pushin P”
• Future f. Drake & Tems — “Wait For U”
Best Rap Performance
• DJ Khaled f. JAY-Z, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, John Legend & Fridayy — “God Did”
• Doja Cat — “Vegas”
• Gunna & Future f. Young Thug — “Pushin P”
• GloRilla & Hitkidd — “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)”
• Kendrick Lamar — “The Heart Part 5” — WINNER*
Best Melodic Rap Performance
• DJ Khaled f. Futue & SZA — “Beautiful”
• Future f. Drake & Tems — “Wait For U” — WINNER*
• Jack Harlow — “First Class”
• Kendrick Lamar f. Blxst & Amanda Reifer — “Die Hard”
• Latto — “Big Energy (Live)”
Album of the Year
• ABBA — Voyage
• Adele — 30
• Bad Bunny — Un Verano Sin Ti
• Beyoncé — Renaissance
• Mary J. Blige — Good Morning Gorgeous
• Brandi Carlile — In These Silent Days
• Coldplay — Music of the Spheres
• Kendrick Lamar — Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
• Lizzo — Special
• Harry Styles — Harry’s House — WINNER*
Record of the Year
• Harry Styles — “As It Was”
• Adele — “Easy On Me”
• ABBA — “Don’t Shut Me Down”
• Beyoncé — “Break My Soul”
• Mary J. Blige — “Good Morning Gorgeous”
• Brandi Carlile & Lucius — “You and Me on the Rock”
• Doja Cat — “Woman”
• Lizzo — “About Damn Time” — WINNER*
• Steve Lacy — “Bad Habit”
• Kendrick Lamar — “The Heart Part 5”
Song of the Year
• Harry Styles — “As It Was”
• Taylor Swift — “All Too Well (10 Minute Version)”
• Gayle — “abcedfu”
• Lizzo — “About Damn Time”
• Adele — “Easy On Me”
• Steve Lacy — “Bad Habit”
• Kendrick Lamar — “The Heart Part 5”
• DJ Khaled f. JAY-Z, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, John Legend & Fridayy — “God Did”
• Beyoncé — “Break My Soul”
• Bonnie Raitt — “Just Like That” — WINNER*
Best New Artist
• Anitta
• Omar Apollo
• DOMi & JD Beck
• Samara Joy — WINNER*
• Muni Long
• Latto
• Måneskin
• Tobe Nwigwe
• Molly Tuttle
• Wet Leg
Best R&B Album
• Chris Brown — Breezy
• Lucky Daye — Candydrip
• Mary J. Blige — Good Morning Gorgeous
• Robert Glasper — Black Radio III — WINNER*
• PJ Morton — Watch the Sun
Best R&B Song
• Beyoncé — “Cuff It” — WINNER*
• Mary J. Blige — “Good Morning Gorgeous”
• Muni Long — “Hrs & Hrs”
• Jazmine Sullivan — “Hurt Me So Good”
• PJ Morton — “Please Don’t Walk Away”
Best Progressive R&B Album
• Cory Henry — Operation Funk
• Moonchild — Starfruit
• Steve Lacy — Gemini Rights — WINNER*
• Tank and the Bangas — Red Balloon
• Terrace Martin — Drones
Best R&B Performance
• Beyoncé — “Virgo’s Groove”
• Mary J. Blige & Anderson .Paak — “Here With Me”
• Muni Long — “Hrs & Hrs” — WINNER*
• Lucky Daye — “Over”
• Jazmine Sullivan — “Hurt Me So Good”
Best Traditional R&B Performance
• Beyoncé — “Plastic Off the Sofa” — WINNER*
• Snoh Aalegra — “Do 4 Love”
• Babyface & Ella Mai — “Keeps On Fallin”
• Adam Blackstone & Jazmine Sullivan — “‘Round Midnight”
• Mary J. Blige — “Good Morning Gorgeous”
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
• Beyoncé — “Break My Soul” — WINNER*
• Bonobo — “Rosewood”
• Diplo & Miguel — “Don’t Forget My Love”
• David Guetta & Bebe Rexha — “I’m Good (Blue)
• KAYTRANADA & H.E.R. — “Intimidated”
• Rufus Du Sol — “On My Knees”
Best Dance/Electronic Album
• Beyoncé — Renaissance — WINNER*
• Bonobo — Fragments
• Diplo — Diplo
• ODESZA — The Last Goodbye
• Rufus Du Sol — Surrender
Best Pop Solo Performance
• Harry Styles — “As It Was”
• Adele — “Easy On Me” — WINNER*
• Doja Cat – “Woman”
• Steve Lacy — “Bad Habit”
• Lizzo “About Damn Time”
• Bad Bunny — “Moscow Mule”
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
• ABBA — “Don’t Shut Me Down”
• Camila Cabello & Ed Sheeran — “Bam Bam”
• Coldplay & BTS — “My Universe”
• Post Malone & Doja Cat — “I Like You (A Happier Song)”
• Sam Smith & Kim Petras — “Unholy” — WINNER*
Best Pop Vocal Album
• Adele – 30
• ABBA — Voyage
• Harry Styles — Harry’s House — WINNER*
• Coldplay — Music of the Spheres
• Lizzo — Special
Best Music Video
• Doja Cat — “Woman”
• Harry Styles — “As It Was”
• Adele — “Easy On Me”
• BTS — “Yet to Come”
• Kendrick Lamar — “The Heart Part 5”
• Taylor Swift — “All Too Well: The Short Film” — WINNER*
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
• Boi-1da
• DJ Dahi
• Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
• Jack Antonoff — WINNER*
• Dan Auerbach
Best Reggae Album
• Kabaka Pyramid — The Kalling — WINNER*
• Koffee — Gifted
• Protoje — Third Time’s the Charm
• Sean Paul — Scorcha
• Shaggy — Com Fly Wid Mi
Best Global Music Performance
• Arooj Aftab & Anoushka Shankar — “Udhero Na”
• Burna Boy — “Last Last”
• Matt B & Eddy Kenzo — “Gimme Love”
• Rocky Dawuni Featuring Blvk H3ro — “Neva Bow Down”
• Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini & Nomcebo Zikode — “Bayethe” — WINNER*
Best Global Music Album
• Angélique Kidjo & Ibrahim Maalouf — Queen of Sheba
• Anoushka Shankar, Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley f. Manu Delago — Between Us… (Live)
• Berklee Indian Ensemble — Shuruaat
• Burna Boy — Love, Damini
• Masa Takumi — Sakura — WINNER*
Best Latin Pop Album
• Camilo — De Adentro Pa Afuera
• Christina Aguilera — Aguilera
• Fonseca — Viajante
• Rubén Blades & Boca Livre — Pasieros — WINNER*
• Sebastián Yatra — Dharma +
Best Música Urbana Album
• Bad Bunny — Un Verano Sin Ti — WINNER*
• Daddy Yankee — Legendaddy
• Farruko — La 167
• Maluma — The Love & Sex Tape
• Rauw Alejandro — Trap Cake, Vol. 2
Best Song Written for Visual Media
• Beyoncé — “Be Alive”
• Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast — “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” — WINNER*
• Jessy Wilson f. Angélique Kidjo — “Keep Rising (The Woman King)”
• Lady Gaga — “Hold My Hand”
• Taylor Swift — “Carolina”
• 4*Town, Jordan Fisher, Finneas O’Connell, Josh Levi, Topher Ngo & Grayson Villanueva — “Nobody Like U”
Best Music Film
• Adele — Adele One Night Only
• Billie Eilish — Billie Eilish Live at the O2
• Justin Bieber — Our World
• Neil Young & Crazy Horse — A Band a Brotherhood a Barn
• Rosalía — Motomami (Rosalía TikTok Live Performance)
• Various Artists — Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story — WINNER*
Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
• Jamie Foxx — Act Like You Got Some Sense
• Lin-Manuel Miranda — Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World
• Mel Brooks — All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business
• Questlove — Music Is History
• Viola Davis — Finding Me — WINNER*
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
• Amanda Gorman — Call Us What We Carry: Poems
• Amir Sulaiman — You Will Be Someone’s Ancestor. Act Accordingly.
• Ethelbert Miller — Black Men Are Precious
• J. Ivy — The Poet Who Sat by the Door — WINNER*
• Malcolm-Jamal Warner — Hiding in Plain View
Best Comedy Album
• Dave Chappelle — The Closer — WINNER*
• Jim Gaffigan — Comedy Monster
• Louis C.K. — Sorry
• Patton Oswalt — We All Scream
• Randy Rainbow — A Little Brains, a Little Talent
